Nationalizing Blackness : Afrourbanismo and artistic revolution in Havana, 1920-1940

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moore, Robin D, Author.

Contributor:

Moore, Robin D.

Series:

Pitt Latin American series Nationalizing blackness

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular music--African influences--Cuba--Havana.

Popular music.

Black people--Music--History and criticism--Havana--Cuba.

Black people.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] University of Pittsburgh Press 1997

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Nationalizing Blackness uses the music of the 1920s and 1930s to examine Cuban society as it begins to embrace Afrocuban culture. Moore examines the public debate over "degenerate Africanisms" associated with comparas or carnival bands; similar controversies associated with son music; the history of blackface theater shows; the rise of afrocubanismo in the context of anti-imperialist nationalism and revolution against Gerardo Machado; the history of cabaret rumba; an overview of poetry, painting, and music inspired by Afrocuban street culture; and reactions of the black Cuban middle classes to afrocubanismo. He has collected numerous illustrations of early twentieth-century performers in Havana, many included in this book. Nationalizing Blackness represents one of the first politicized studies of twentieth-century culture in Cuba. It demonstrates how music can function as the center of racial and cultural conflict during the formation of a national identity.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

Introduction

1. Afrocubans and National Culture

2. Minstrelsy in Havana: Music and Dance of the Teatro Vernáculo

3. Comparsas and Carnival in the New Republic: Four Decades of Cultural Controversy

4. Echale Salsita: Sones and Musical Revolution

5. Nationalizing Blackness: The Vogue of Afrocubanismo

6. The Rumba Craze: Afrocuban Arts as International Popular Culture

7. The Minorista Vanguard: Modernism and Afrocubanismo

Conclusion

Appendices

Notes

Glossary

References

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9780822971856

0822971852

9780585043975

0585043973

OCLC:

1446256534